The Wilmingtonian., 1887-03-12
She s,oops 10 Conquer.


s,on ,ried in the midst If statey wo'ds
She was omnsntly beautiful, highly ac-
uonpish"d, and possessed good aud kind
heart. Il r beiug an heiress also added to
her great attractions.
She loved pnur cousin, Henry Morland
by name. who, at az eally aye had been left
an orphan. and whom Ellen's father, SIR John
V ,rnun, had brought up aud educated. From
t lelr earliest years, at intervals such as ms
holidays and college vacations, the yong
peuple had been in a manner, brnught uptn
gsthrr; and as thsi' ages were almost alike,
and Henry was wo,s-made handsome le!lu~
possessing considerable mental aud personal
attraction, their assimilation uf taste, as
much a. anything else, had co trihuted to
Waken up feelings brtween them that ne'the
had az UT gwen vent to in words.
II ny lVei his beautiful aud wealth.
COUSIN tn distraction. B 1t the senss of hi,
own dependence kept hun from ADVANCING
h claims.
Sir Jnnn Vernon had the mos perfect con-
fidpnce in Henry's honor. MI th mixing that
there might be the slightest danger n per
mittilg the ynuhg people to l'e together, he
ouutiuued to regard them both with the
same tender IliciGu 10 as ever as though
they wrrs in Il nanner brother aud sister.
Il was leap yea, and the vacation Whch
Henry spent at the Hall p owed on this oc-
casi IN to be TO him a source Of pain and
agony. The beauty of Ellen, her rllessne-s
her atfectilnate manner, and her franhuess
raised his affections to such a height that til,
very excess of hls love mdgniiisd his dttii1nl
ties, aud made him look with u sensation ol
fear upon his passion, whieh once or twice
prompted him to speak, aud by consequence
became an migrate tn his beneiactor, t.
whom he owed everything in the world. He
resolved to die rather than incur the DIS
pleasure Of his uuce the sting of his own
repr acheS, aud the possible rel elton Of his
suit by Ellen. THIS Thought beyond ali
others was most pregnant with pain. He
therefore Stunned her presence as much as
he could, aud spent whole days in the libra
ry, brOodmg upon his lost prospects.
L len noticed this change, aud with W.
mans tsct, 'mprahend ID tho reason of IT,,
Wlrh a mixture of gref and pleasure she en-
gagged herself in the execution Of pldu.
whoh was that of awakening his jealousy.
and driving him intu confession t. whcr
she was only too willing to listen. rum"
was acc ,rd'nlIy spread that sporting baru
net of the neighb rhnud had uot only deter.
mined uphn wnong the young lady bur ais"
of winning her, having laid u very heavy
wager upon the result Hanry's passion
vas instantly aroused, and rage, vrxation
and love by turns tnrmenied him. He would
have called the ius ,lrnt rival out, having a.
cured his cousin Of playing false, forgetting
that she had never plighrod faith to him; he
'cu>ed the world uf uuktudnesS, his uuGl,
OF tyranny; N fact, like lover utterly be-
side himself, he would have been guilty of IA
thousand txrravag ances but the intnrrable
idea came what was he IT, ner, car she /, hlms
What right had he / dictate or t. question ?
Aud thus he was as far nif as ever.
Ellen found thar her uau for awakening
his jalousy had been eff c'ual enough, bu
that no other result attended it. She also
found that her polr cpus Ms sAduess rnereas.
ed, aud its melancholy began TO communI-
cate itself to her.
1t was therefore absolutely necessary fo
the happiness nr b nh that matters come to
crisi tor, in addition tp the annoyance she
felt at Henry's silence, the marriage which
was rumored IN jest began to take AN aspect
of serious ealnesGuess, a prOpu,al having ac-
tualy come from a rich and estimable man
in every way, to her father, which proposal
4. a. i 4
her.
Holding IL her hand the letter which had
been sent to Sir J Inn, She sought tile thra !
and her heat beat little strongly as she re.
fleet ID that she was about to press her onu,-
81, 30 that ne should either bs com mpellrd to
declare his passion at once, or give her up
forever.
ELLEN" said he, "et me heseeeh YOU to
tell ne what is the cause of this agi atinn;
you alarm newly are you SO mrved?'
ID, you behold this ert,l 2" asked Ellen,
tapping It, accompanying the seriun with a
mysterious look.
Hrury glanced upon it with Increased mis-
giving but merely said, Yes
Aud eau yIu gI4Ss t, contents? NJ,
you cannot; you who have CO ised to be lu-
tere>ted IN ,ne, ctnnnt divine its nature,
Spare me reprDdchrs shat [ have not
nerlted, Ellen, SAID Horny, in toue 81
mOurntul az to make her regret the words
she had used IN mere jest. 1T ynu knew
l." he continued "yuu would be inclined t,
be more lenirut toward me. i do nut say
pity" he add d, with bitter emphasis
"brcause these is some, hiug debasing in tue
sentiment. But tn end thus, unpruhtable a,
it is, tell me what all this sign iies-,u,psust
is agony-what Is that ,per ~
''Read it, amt iIdgr iur ynur>elf:' and a,
Ellen spoke she We hun the dreaded etto,
II ,stly glancrus over it, his cuuuttuauu,
grew white as a sheet, aud he f,lJ hIms /
abut tn fdnt t,O II the d I'd sickness tpau
attacked htn. He mad a d,.>pr ats il a
to b. ar against II bur the internal ght h,
hid l,ns held had prusIlared III, st eugtl
more than lie though, aud he SANK wI,h 4
gran upun tile char.
"Fnr II avrn's love, Henry, what all
yOl2' utled E.lru 10 tntu 'AldS haV,
c4rrt,d this t. TO cru, au ,Strcm y = Sn,
murnurrd, auu Huu,y Y beau slowly t. npr,
hi, ryrS.
The letter was in fact an TX .elieutly w,l
Written but formal y u..Js ttrn iur uur hHua
aud 10 tue wIIGI, MT ten years tue lady
sennr, though ui a cold aud rnuppus 4 ,lr
sItluu, Il e,e cuutd mur be any very S,IinU
0 stac II TIE Nas. l. vas 1" llruy MIR
lri d iku The lecrrvug u dchIll-O,uN;
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